Suzy Prim (11 October 1896 – 7 July 1991)
was a French actress.
She was born Suzanne Mariette Arduini in Paris and died in 1991 in
Boulogne-Billancourt
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. She began her screen career as a
child actress
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in movies. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated te ...
during the
silent era
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''Carmen'' (1914)
* ''Madame Coralie & C.'' (1914)
* ''Les écrits restent'' (1917)
* ''Le Noël d'Yveline'' (1918)
* ''Haine'' (1918)
* ''Appassionatamente'' (1919)
* ''Passionnément'' (1920)
* ''Il suo destino'' (1921)
* ''La reine Lumière'' (1921) - Huguette Landry ' Reine Lumière '
* ''Un drame d'amour'' (1921) - Diane d'Évremont
* ''L'aiglonne'' (1922) - Madame de Navailles
* ''Mon coeur et ses millions'' (1931) - Marguerite Mirgaudon
* ''Un petit trou pas cher'' (1934)
* ''
La Bandera'' (1935) - (uncredited)
* ''
The Squadron's Baby'' (1935) - Mathilde
* ''Marie des angoisses'' (1935) - Marfa
* ''
Mayerling
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'' (1936) - La comtesse Larisch
* ''
Samson
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'' (1936) - Grace Ritter
* ''
La Peur'' (1936) - L'actrice
* ''
Moutonnet
''Moutonnet'' is a 1936 French comedy film directed by René Sti and starring Noël-Noël, Lucien Rozenberg and Michel Simon.Crisp p.408
Cast
* Noël-Noël as Moutonnet et Mérac
* Lucien Rozenberg as Dumonthal
* Michel Simon as Frècheville ...
'' (1936) - Dolly
* ''
In the Service of the Tsar'' (1936) - La comtesse Olga Belsky
* ''
A Legionnaire
''A Legionnaire'' (French: ''Un de la légion'') is a 1936 French comedy adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Fernandel, Robert Le Vigan and Daniel Mendaille.Andrews p.355
The film's sets were designed by the art director P ...
'' (1936) - Maryse
* ''
The Brighton Twins'' (1936) - Clémentine Beaugérard
* ''
27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) - Jenny Clarens
* ''
Au service du tsar'' (1936) - La comtesse Olga Belsky
* ''
The Lower Depths
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'' (1936) - Vassilissa Kostyleva
* ''
White Cargo
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'' (1937) - Estella
* ''La reine des resquilleuses'' (1937) - Véra
* ''
Arsene Lupin, Detective'' (1937) - Olga Vauban
* ''
The Call of Life'' (1937) - Madame Voisin
* ''
The Dark Angels'' (1937) - Catherine
* ''Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin'' (1937)
* ''Êtes-vous jalouse?'' (1938) - Germaine Moreuil
* ''
Rail Pirates'' (1938) - Jeanne Rolland
* ''
Princess Tarakanova'' (1938) - L'imperatrice Caterina II / L'impératrice Catherine II
* ''
The Patriot'' (1938) - Anna Ostermann
* ''
Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur'' (1938) - Madame Tabasco aka alias Margot Fontane
* ''
Crossroads'' (1938) - Michèle Allain
* ''
Berlingot and Company'' (1939) - Isabelle Grandville
* ''Farinet ou l'or dans la montagne'' (1939) - Joséphine Pellanda
* ''
Case of Conscience'' (1939) - Madeleine Granval
* ''
Strange Suzy'' (1941) - Suzy
* ''
The Benefactor'' (1942) - Irène Berger
* ''Les petits riens'' (1942) - Louise
* ''
After the Storm'' (1943) - Catherine Grand
* ''
The Heart of a Nation'' (1943) - Estelle Froment adulte
* ''
Shop Girls of Paris'' (1943) - Madame Desforges
* ''
The London Man'' (1943) - Camélia
* ''La Rabouilleuse'' (1944) - Flore Brazier, la rabouilleuse
* ''La Malibran'' (1944) - La comtesse Merlin
* ''
The Ménard Collection'' (1944) - Madame Ménard
* ''
Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) - Émilie Petersen
* ''Le cabaret du grand large'' (1946) - Reine
* ''
Three Investigations'' (1948) - Irène
* ''
The Sinners'' (1949) - Mademoiselle Chamblas
* ''
Farewell Mister Grock'' (1950) - La comtesse Barinoff
* ''
The Two Girls'' (1951) - Mademoiselle Bénazer
* ''Trafic sur les dunes'' (1951) - Madame Estelle
* ''
The Case of Doctor Galloy '' (1951) - L'amie de Mme Guérin
* ''
Follow That Man'' (1953) - Mme Olga
* ''
Les Compagnes de la nuit'' (1953) - Pierrette
* ''Le Feu dans la peau'' (1954) - Maria, la parfumeuse
* ''
The Babes Make the Law'' (1955) - Flora - la mère
* ''
Memories of a Cop'' (1956) - Lola
* ''Lorsque l'enfant paraît'' (1956) - Madeleine Lonant
* ''Douze heures d'horloge'' (1959) - Madame César
* ''Les lionceaux'' (1960) - Blanche Eroli
* ''Profession: Aventuriers'' (1973) - Eléonore
* ''
Body of My Enemy'' (1976) - La mère de Marie-Adélaïde (final film role)
References
External links
*
1896 births
1991 deaths
French film actresses
French silent film actresses
Actresses from Paris
20th-century French actresses
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